Hollywood is trash ,too political ,and UNFAIR by Windwalker

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Hollywood is trash ,too political ,and UNFAIR

POSTED BY: WINDWALKER
UPDATED: Friday, January 20, 2006 21:38
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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
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Originally posted by queenofthenorth:
Yeah, Alexander was quite possibly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The sad part is, I really wanted it to be good. I love the story of Alexander the Great. But the movie - ewwgh.
Yeah I waited a long time for the movie too. Now there is just the DiCaprio movie about Alexander, which might never be finished, but I hate Colin Farrell, because he made me look forward to a DiCaprio movie. Damn him.
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Originally posted by TheCollector:
Okay here's one... go watch "The Lion in Winter" with Kathrine Hepburn...
So what? Looking for some isolated incident is just skirting the issue. All this means is that all those people that claim the gay issue was faux pas before this recent Liberal trend are probably wrong. The issue has and does creep up in movies when it is warranted, but it doesn’t just naturally creep up in 5 major movies within 2 years of each other, four of them winning or being nominated for major awards. The only one that wasn’t nominated or awarded was so awful that it was painful to watch. I’m sorry, but there’s no way to spin this. This whole gay trend with Hollywood is totally forced. It’s just their little fad, so that they can sit around in coffee shops and pat each other on the back for being so damn Liberal.

Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby

Sorry to tell you, but the DiCaprio/Luhrman Alexander movie (which never started shooting)died before the Farrell/Stone one even finished shooting.

As for 5 gay movies in 2 years, perhaps it's just a matter of our society becoming more accepting to homosexuals. And maybe Hollywood is pushing it a bit further than that level of acceptance, but that isn't really that uncommon.

Just like prominent Black characters were beginning to show up in films as the civil rights movement was gearing up. Or maybe that was to liberal at the time, too.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:43 PM

WINDWALKER

You see
It's been around for years.
The porn shows have been showing manmanerotica for years.
Now Hollywood wants it main stream to make more money off the curious and the large source of money out there.
They are finding an untapped market to make more millions.
It's not art it's money grubbing hack and more millions for the corrupt.

and you and I pay for it ..or not.

That's why great movies like Serenity fall away into obscurity.
It isn't about poor gay guys It's about how much can we exploit from something new and taboo.
I personally came from a different childhood were the heroes were clean cut and honorable and loved women and their horses.
Serenity was heaven sent for me.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:43 PM

WINDWALKER

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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:49 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Sorry to tell you, but the DiCaprio/Luhrman Alexander movie (which never started shooting)died before the Farrell/Stone one even finished shooting.

Damnit. It probably would have turned out as crappy as the first.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
As for 5 gay movies in 2 years, perhaps it's just a matter of our society becoming more accepting to homosexuals. And maybe Hollywood is pushing it a bit further than that level of acceptance, but that isn't really that uncommon.

Just like prominent Black characters were beginning to show up in films as the civil rights movement was gearing up. Or maybe that was to liberal at the time, too.

Well, that’s the way it will be dressed up in any event. And that’s basically what I’m talking about. After all one can’t really pat oneself on the back for one’s own supposed loving tolerance unless one first can convince oneself that everyone else is a bigot.

Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby

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Friday, January 20, 2006 1:07 PM

CARTOON

Storymark, Hi. I never said that "no one" wanted to go see it. I said that they are alienating a large demographic of their potential audience with the subject matter. I mean, let's say there are 1,000,000 people in a given area (just for illustrative purposes), and you make a film which is going to offend 200,000 of them (again, just making up a number for illustrative purposes), you've already lowered your potential audience by 20%. That's just not good capitalism.
If the idea is to make money, you want EVERYONE to come see it, and not start off by handicapping yourself. Right?

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Originally posted by Windwalker:
I personally came from a different childhood were the heroes were clean cut and honorable and loved women and their horses.

Men lovin' their horses? Ewww.... that's just sick!!

Okay, I know what you mean.

But, you have to admit, you set yourself up with that line. LOL

Yes, I fully concur. "Serenity" was a breath of fresh air. Can't say enough about how much I enjoyed that film.

"Time for some thrillin' heroics."

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Friday, January 20, 2006 1:33 PM

WINDWALKER

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Friday, January 20, 2006 1:43 PM

CARTOON

If you remember "The Lone Ranger" first run, you're a little bit older than I am, but I too remember those days. We've lost a lot of what was decent in entertainment -- or, at the very least, a lot of what was more decent.

"We gotta go to a crappy town we're I'M a hero."

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Friday, January 20, 2006 2:02 PM

STORYMARK

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Originally posted by cartoon:
Storymark, Hi. I never said that "no one" wanted to go see it. I said that they are alienating a large demographic of their potential audience with the subject matter. I mean, let's say there are 1,000,000 people in a given area (just for illustrative purposes), and you make a film which is going to offend 200,000 of them (again, just making up a number for illustrative purposes), you've already lowered your potential audience by 20%. That's just not good capitalism.
If the idea is to make money, you want EVERYONE to come see it, and not start off by handicapping yourself. Right?

Okay, while I see your point, I have to disagree. While the film industry is a business, most filmmakers do consider themselves artists, especially one like Lee, who goes out of his way to make an entirely different film each time out (from Jane Austen, to the Civil War, to 70's swingers, to kung-fu to a big green superhero). And he made this one outside of the bottom-line driven Hollywood system. And art, rarely if ever, is designed to appeal to everyone.

Those things that are made just to get the ticket money of as many people as possible are by definition, appealing to the lowest common denominator. And striving for that low is what has led us to so much crap in the world of film (and TV).

Brokeback may not be your thing, and may not appeal to the majority of Americans, but that does not nessesarily mean it is without merit or undeserving of awards.

All this debate is really the reason I want to see it. I'm generally not interested in love stories, much less one between two gay cowboys (not even a fan of westerns, really). However, there is so much debate going on, and so many attacks against the film by people who have not seen it (I don't mean you, or others on this board in particular, but in general), that I want to form my own opinion of it, good or bad.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, January 20, 2006 3:45 PM

CARTOON

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Originally posted by cartoon:
If you remember "The Lone Ranger" first run, you're a little bit older than I am, but I too remember those days.

Oh, it's been a long, long day.

Sorry for this. I do endeavor to be accurate with my posts. I was reading this thread again and realized that isn't the Lone Ranger, it's Roy Rogers. Darn.

Either

a) people were being "nice" in not calling me on the obvious error, or

b) people are also ignorant (or blind, like me) and didn't initially recognize the person in the pic, or

c) no one bothered to read the post in which I mentioned "The Lone Ranger".

My guess is "C". I'm starting to post invisible posts like Queen. Oh, this is a bad day, indeed.

"You asked me what a man like me would kill for. And she's it."

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Friday, January 20, 2006 3:56 PM

NEVERED

tell me how many gay romances there have been in the last two years.

now tell me how many straight ones there were in movies during that same time.

the fact that you have somehow managed to convince yourself that one is more radical or offensive has biased you towards the actual numbers.

there are great straight romances that have won all sorts of awards.

now a gay one is.

why am i not suprised at which you choose to get all worked up about?

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Friday, January 20, 2006 4:11 PM

VIOLETRIX

i'd have to agree with this, at least in terms of the "hollywood is a big joke" theme. it's all garbage. every once in awhile, something good wins by accident, or because it makes a lot of money. hollywood is a huge incestuous cesspool of mediocrity. obviously, there are talented people in the industry, it would be stupid to say otherwise, but mostly it's about who you know, how much money you have, and how willing you are to abandon all principles you have.
i have not seen "brokeback", but i read the short story and i liked that. i just can't imagine heath ledger being good enough in anything to warrant this kind of buzz. the good part is, if you don't like this particular agenda, just wait for five minutes. they'll have a new one.

i appreciate you speakin' up though. it's nice.

http://violetrix.blogspot.com
come a time there'll be no room for naughty men like us to slip about at all

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Friday, January 20, 2006 4:51 PM

WINDWALKER

Ever see a movie called |Rustlers Rhapsody|?
Ifyou haven't go rent it. You will definitely relate to it and get some laughs too.

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 9:38 PM

THECOLLECTOR

I'm sick and tired of this shit... Oooh 5 movies were made with ghey references were made in the past 2 years... It's not like movies and TV shows and plays haven't been doing it for years before hand...

4 of which of the addressed movies that came out in the past 2 years are Independent. If I were you I'd be f*cking applauding the Academy for nominating and awarding the amount of Independent films that are being made. Something that didn't exist 3 years ago... even.

Yes... this year lots of movies will be snubbed... in fact it's the largest dose in awhile
Like... Serenity and Sin City...

Finally... why didn't the orginal poster complain about the scene with Inara... what because it was "Hawt".

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